Contents

Doklady Earth Sciences

Vol. 473, No. 2, 2017

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Doklady Earth Sciences ISSN 1028-334X.

Geology

First Results of U–Pb Dating of Detrital Zircons from the Ordovician Clastic Sequences of the Sol-Iletsk Block, East European Platform

N. B. Kuznetsov, V. M. Gorozhanin, E. A. Belousova, Corresponding Member of the RAS K. E. Degtyarev, E. N. Gorozhanina, T. V. Romanyuk and N. A. Kanygina p. 381  abstract

Relationship between Seismicity in the Northern Pribaikalye and the Block Structure of the Crust

V. I. Melnikova and N. A. Gilyova p. 386  abstract

A Rock Mass Permeability Model within the Subsidence Zone in Workings of Coal Fields

A. V. Mokhov p. 390  abstract

High-Temperature Electrical Conductivity of Clinopyroxenites in Relation to Their Genesis (Kytlym Ultramafic Massif of the Platinum Belt of the Urals)

V. V. Bakhterev p. 394  abstract

Low-Carbonaceous Shales in the Riphean Stratotype, Plume Events, and Supercontinent Breakup: Analysis of the Relationship

Corresponding Member of the RAS A. V. Maslov and S. G. Kovalev p. 397  abstract

Recognition of the Cambrian Timan–Severnaya Zemlya Orogen and Timing of Geological Evolution of the North Kara Sedimentary Basin Based on Detrital Zircon Dating

V. A. Nikishin, N. A. Malyshev, A. M. Nikishin, D. Yu. Golovanov, V. F. Proskurnin, A. V. Soloviev, R. F. Kulemin, E. S. Morgunova, G. V. Ulyanov and P. A. Fokin p. 402  abstract

The Geometry of a Dyke Swarm as a Result of Dyke Interaction with Each Other and with External Stresses

Sh. A. Mukhamediev, A. N. Galybin and Corresponding Member of the RAS Yu. A. Morozov p. 406  abstract

GEOLOGY

The Late Tonian Zhaunkar Granite Complex of the Ulutau Sialic Massif, Central Kazakhstan

A. A. Tretyakov, Corresponding Member of the RAS K. E. Degtyarev, E. B. Salnikova, K. N. Shatagin, A. B. Kotov, I. V. Anisimova and Yu. V. Plotkina p. 411  abstract

Geology

Possible Mantle Phase Transitions by the Formation of SiO2 Peroxides: Implications for Mantle Convection

R. G. Khlebopros, V. E. Zakhvataev, S. P. Gabuda, S. G. Kozlova and V. A. Slepkov p. 416  abstract

Geochemistry

Hydrothermal Synthesis and Morphology of Ga-bearing Tourmaline

T. V. Setkova, V. S. Balitsky, O. S. Vereschagin and Corresponding Member of the RAS Yu. B. Shapovalov p. 419  abstract

High-Pressure Mafic Granulites of the South Muya Block (Central Asian Orogenic Belt)

S. Yu. Skuzovatov, Corresponding Member of the RAS V. S. Shatsky and S. I. Dril p. 423  abstract

Influence of Phosphate Glass Recrystallization on the Stability of a Waste Matrix to Leaching

Corresponding Member of the RAS S. V. Yudintsev, A. M. Pervukhina, A. V. Mokhov, V. I. Malkovsky and S. V. Stefanovsky p. 427  abstract

Geophysics

Diagnostics of the Stress State of the Lithosphere in Mongolia Based on Seismic Source Data

A. V. Klyuchevskii, S. Demberel, V. M. Dem’yanovich and G. Bayaraa p. 433  abstract

Geochemistry

Parkerite and Bismutohauchecornite in Chromitites of the Urals: Example of the Uralian Emerald Mines

Academician V. A. Koroteev, M. P. Popov, Yu. V. Erokhin and V. V. Khiller p. 438  abstract

GEOCHEMISTRY

Local Distribution of Oxygen Isotopes and Fluid Exchange During Genesis of the Corundum-Bearing Rocks of Khitostrov Island

D. P. Krylov and Corresponding Member of the RAS V. A. Glebovitsky p. 441  abstract

Geochemistry

The Stishovite Paradox in the Evolution of Lower Mantle Magmas and Diamond-Forming Melts (Experiment at 24 and 26 GPa)

Yu. A. Litvin, A. V. Spivak, D. A. Simonova and L. S. Dubrovinsky p. 444  abstract

Characteristic of Quaternary Sedimentation on a Shelf of the Laptev Sea According to the Molecular Composition of n-Alkanes

A. S. Ulyantsev, E. A. Romankevich, S. Yu. Bratskaya, N. A. Prokuda, S. V. Sukhoverkhov, I. P. Semiletov and Academician V. I. Sergienko p. 449  abstract

The Effect of CO2 on the Solubility of Aqueous Chloride Fluid in Dacite, Phonolite, and Rhyolite Melts

V. Yu. Chevychelov, A. A. Korneeva, A. A. Virus and Corresponding Member of the RAS Yu. B. Shapovalov p. 454  abstract

Biomineralization of Platinum by Microorganisms

L. M. Pavlova, V. I. Radomskaya, L. P. Shumilova, A. M. Ionov and Corresponding Member of the RAS A. P. Sorokin p. 457  abstract

Carbonate Sedimentation in Shallow Saline Lakes of Western Transbaikalia: The Response to Holocene Climate Changes

P. A. Solotchin, Corresponding Member of the RAS E. V. Sklyarov, E. P. Solotchina and Y. N. Markova p. 461  abstract

Organic and Carbonate Carbon in Permafrost and Thawed Deposits from Buor-Khaya Bay (Laptev Sea)

A. S. Ulyantsev, E. A. Romankevich, S. Yu. Bratskaya, I. P. Semiletov and Corresponding Member of the RAS V. A. Avramenko p. 467  abstract

The Mechanism of Structural and Chemical Transformations of Tantalite, Columbite, and Zircon Surfaces in the Process of Acid and Electrochemical Treatment of Mineral Suspensions

Academician V. A. Chanturiya, M. V. Ryzantseva, E. L. Chanturiya, I. Zh. Bunin and A. L. Samusev p. 472  abstract

Geophysics

Correlation Analysis of Statistical Facies Fault Models

D. M. Vishnevsky, D. R. Kolyukhin, V. V. Lisitsa, M. I. Protasov, G. V. Reshetova, V. A. Tcheverda, D. Qu and J. Tveranger p. 477  abstract

Geography

Unique Properties of Humic Substances from Sapropel

Academician V. A. Rumyantsev, A. S. Mityukov, L. N. Kryukov and G. S. Yaroshevich p. 482  abstract